Psychology RootsPupil The opening in your eye that allows light to enter. The light then hits your neural receptors which transform the stimulus …
Punishment Any stimulus that represses a behavior. It is important to note that punishment is not the same as negative reinforcement. Is …
Puberty Puberty is the time period between childhood and adulthood when physical changes allow for reproduction, i.e. making babies. Is also the …
Psychotic Disorders Psychotic Disorders are conditions that reflect a person’s inability to discern or function in reality. Some people with this condition …
Psychotherapy When people talk or think about psychological therapy, they are really referring to psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is any type of therapeutic situation …
Psychosurgery A method to cure psychological disorders through brain surgery. One of the more salient examples of psychosurgery (and one that’s seen …
Psychosomatic I find this to be a really interesting concept because people often have such incorrect ideas about it. I have often …
Psychosocial Stages of Development Psychosocial Stages of Development were developed by Erik Erikson (1902 – 1994), a developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst. There …
Psychosocial Development Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development includes eight stages of development. At each stage, there is a different and specific conflict …
Psychosexual Stages of Development Freud believed there to be five stages of psychosexual development: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latent and Genital. At each …